Loss-preventing device.



S. L. KIMMEL. LOSS PREVENTING DEVICE. APBLIOATION nun D120. 4, 1909.

974,499. Patented Nov. 1,1910.

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SAMUEL L. KIMMEL, or BLUFFTON, OHIO, AssIcNon or ONE-HALF T0 Jenn FETT, 0F

BLUFFTON, OHIO.

LOSS-PREVENTING DEVICE.

Application filed December 4, 1909. Serial No. 531,398.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. KIMMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bluifton, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Loss-Preventing Device, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to pro vide, in a merchantable and inexpensive form, a clip adapted to be mounted upon a pen, pencil, or the like, whereby the pen or pencil may be held in the pocket of a garment.

It is the aim of the invention to provide a clip which may readily be mounted upon the article to be retained, and so constructed it shall be well adapted to withstand the wear and tear commonly imposed upon devices of this class.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed, it being understood, that, within the scope of What is claimed, divers changes may be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawin 's, wherein igure 1 is an edge elevation of the device, assembled with a pencil; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device; and Fig. 3 is a top plan thereof.

The device is fashioned from a single piece of metal, the initial member 1 of the structure being carried laterally as denoted by the numeral 2, and thence returned upon itself as shown at 3, the parts 1, 2 and 3 defining a substantially,triangular head at the lower extremity of the device. The strip of metal is bent to form the portion 4 which defines an obtuse angle with the portion 3,

the portionv 4 being carried laterally as shown at 5, and thence returned upon itself, as at 6, the parts 4, 5 and 6 defining a triangular head at the upper extremity of the device, disposed, saving in so far as hereinafter specifically described, in a common plane with the triangular head defined by the members 1, 2 and 3, at the lower end of the device. Owing to the fact that the part 4 is disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the part 3, and owing to the fact that part 6 is disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the part 1, it is obvious that the triangular heads, defined in the one instance by the arts 1, 2 and 3, and in the other instance by the parts 4, 5 and 6, are

disposed apex to apex. Adjacent the apexesl of the triangular heads, the member 6 is bent sharply as shown at 7 and thence flexed into substantially circular form, to form an article-encircling clasp 8, the free end 9 of which is disposed in close relation to the apexes of the triangular heads. The extremity 10 of the part 1 is engaged between the bend 7, and the uniting portions of the parts 3 and 4. The triangular head defined by the members 1, 2 and 3 is bent, adjacent its lower end, as shown at 11, to form a tongue 12, outstanding from the axis of the clasp 8, which said axis, when the device is mounted upon the pencil, as shown in Fig.

1, is of course co-mcident with the axis of the pencil, the pencil being denoted by the gumlegral 14, and the axis by the letters The head at the upper extremity of the device, defined by the parts, 4, 5 and 6, is bent, as shown at 15, toward the axis AB of the clasp 8, so that the portion 5 may bear against the pencil 14, the said portion 5 being, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, convexed away from the axis A-B, of the clasp 8, in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the said clasp.

The advantages incident to the structure are as follows :-Owing to the fact that the device consists of two triangular heads, disposed apex to apex, a relatively broad face is provided at the upper end of the device to bear against the pencil, and a relatively broad face is provided adjacent the lower end of the device, adapted to bear at 11 against the pocket of the garment, the portion 2, owing to its width, being readily insertible within the pocket, without tearing or injuring the same. Moreover, although the broad faces shown at 2 and at 5 are provided, the device, owing to the fact that its constituent heads are disposed apex to apex, is rendered relatively narrow in its intermediate portion, whereby the desired flexibility may be secured. Owing to the fact that the portion 5 is convexed as denoted by the numeral 16, away from the axis A- of the clasp 8, a face is provided, adapted to Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

erases 7 receive the pencil 14, whereby the device as an entity is. prevented from oscillating or twisting, when the end 2 is inserted into the pocket of the garment. The bend denoted by the numeral 15 serves to space the portions 4 and 6 away from the pencil 14, between the portion 5 and the clasp 8. By this construction, when the portion 2 is inserted into the pocket of the garment, the resiliency will not be confined alone to the members 1, 2 and 8, the members 4 and 6, owing to the fact that they are spaced by means of the bend 15, away from the pencil, yielding slightly, when the portion 2 is moved away from the pencil. Owing to the fact that the end 10 of the member 1 is engaged in the apex of the head defined by the members 4, 5 and 6, the strength of the device is promoted, the end 10 being, moreover, prevented from catching in the garment.

In the foregoing description I have mentioned the end 2 as being insertible into the pocket of the garment, the statement presupposing that the user of the device de sires the pencil 14 to depend upon the exterior of the pocket. It is, of course, obvious, that, if desired, the pencil 14 may be inserted adjacent the apexes of the heads, to form an article-engaging clasp, disposed substan tially normal to the plane of the heads, one of the heads being bent adjacent its extremity, toward the axis of the clasp, said extremity being convexed away from the axis of the clasp, in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the clasp.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL L. KIMMEL. Vitnesses:

B. Mooizn, H. L. RoMEY. 

